I'm very happy today to be a part of the release day celebration for this book.
I think it looks fantastic! And I think it will speak to a group of young adults that need to see a story like this.
PS: I LOVE the cover so there's that too :)
THIS ORDINARY LIFE
Author: Jennifer Walkup
Release Date: October 1st, 2015
Publisher: Luminis Books
Author: Jennifer Walkup
Release Date: October 1st, 2015
Publisher: Luminis Books
SYNOPSIS:
Sometimes Hope
is the Most Extraordinary Gift of All.
High-school radio host Jasmine Torres's life is full of family dysfunction, but if she can score the internship of her dreams with a New York City radio station, she knows she can turn things around.
That is, until her brother Danny’s latest seizure forces her to miss the interview, and she’s back to the endless loop of missing school for his doctor appointments, picking up the pieces of her mother’s booze-soaked life, and stressing about Danny’s future.
Then she meets Wes. He’s the perfect combination of smart, cute, and funny. He also happens to have epilepsy like her brother. Wes is living a normal life despite his medical issues, which gives Jasmine hope for Danny. But memories of her cheating ex-boyfriend keep her from going on a real date with Wes, no matter how many times he asks her.
Jasmine can’t control everything. Not who wins the internship, not her mother’s addiction, not her brother’s health--not even where her heart will lead her. She wishes she could just have an ordinary life, but maybe what she already has is pretty extraordinary after all.
High-school radio host Jasmine Torres's life is full of family dysfunction, but if she can score the internship of her dreams with a New York City radio station, she knows she can turn things around.
That is, until her brother Danny’s latest seizure forces her to miss the interview, and she’s back to the endless loop of missing school for his doctor appointments, picking up the pieces of her mother’s booze-soaked life, and stressing about Danny’s future.
Then she meets Wes. He’s the perfect combination of smart, cute, and funny. He also happens to have epilepsy like her brother. Wes is living a normal life despite his medical issues, which gives Jasmine hope for Danny. But memories of her cheating ex-boyfriend keep her from going on a real date with Wes, no matter how many times he asks her.
Jasmine can’t control everything. Not who wins the internship, not her mother’s addiction, not her brother’s health--not even where her heart will lead her. She wishes she could just have an ordinary life, but maybe what she already has is pretty extraordinary after all.
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ABOUT
THE AUTHOR
Award-winning author Jennifer
Walkup is most often found writing, reading, and spending time with her husband
and young sons. A member of SCBWI and RWA, Jennifer also works as an editor and
creative writing instructor, and is an advocate for Epilepsy awareness. This
Ordinary Life is her second novel.
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Jennifer’s first book SECOND VERSE + a swag pack
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I agree about the cover, it really draws me in, as does any story that deals with both reality and music.
ReplyDeletePlus, happy book birthday!
DeleteCongrats on the release! Happy book birthday!
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